Food, Land and a Farming Revolution, with Sarah Langford

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🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below for details. Sarah Langford was a barrister, living and working in the city. But then she found herself moving to the countryside, back to an agricultural life she thought she had left behind. There she saw farmers dealing with problems very different from those faced by her grandfather, who had helped to feed a starving nation after the war. Beleaguered with the challenges of climate change, Brexit and falling incomes, these farmers faced accusations of ecological mismanagement from a hostile media and public. But, as Langford looked to them to teach her about the land, she also found a new generation of farmers on a path of regenerative change. That journey is now the topic of Langford's recent book, Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution. Joining her in conversation to discuss it is Thomasina Miers, the cook, writer, broadcaster and co-founder of the restaurant group Wahaca. … We are incredibly grateful for your support. To become an Intelligence Squared Premium subscriber, follow the link: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ Here’s a reminder of the benefits you’ll receive as a subscriber: Ad-free listening, because we know some of you would prefer to listen without interruption One early episode per week Two bonus episodes per month A 25% discount on IQ2+, our exciting streaming service, where you can watch and take part in events live at home and enjoy watching past events on demand and without ads A 15% discount and priority access to live, in-person events in London, so you won’t miss out on tickets Our premium monthly newsletter Intelligence Squared Merch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:32.4	Welcome to intelligent squared. I'm Connor Royal coming up Sarah Langford the barrester turned writer turned farmer joins us to talk about the human stories found within the farm.
1:44.4	In the industry and how we can think smarter about sustainability and where the food we put on our tables comes from.
1:56.4	Sarah Langford is a barrester specializing in criminal and family law and a successful writer having published a nonfiction memoir in your defense in 2018.
2:06.4	She moved to greener pastures in 2017 inspired a second chapter in her career taking on the running of a country farm in Suffolk UK.
2:14.4	It's the topic of her recently published book rooted stories of life, land and a farming revolution joining Sarah in conversation is Tomasena Myers.
2:23.4	The cook writer broadcaster and co founder of the restaurant group. Let's join Tomasena and Sarah now.
2:32.4	Sarah, what a pleasure to be talking to you here for intelligent squared. I am a huge fan. I have read me said I took it away with me last love term and it was wonderful.
2:44.4	I particularly love your style of writing where you bring in stories from other farmers. Was that what you did in your first but where you'd be written stories about normal and entered into your subject later that way.
2:55.4	Well, I guess for the whole of my career because I was a criminal and family barrister before this unexpected life pivot and that job was based around stories really every time I stood up in front of a jury and often a judge.
3:13.4	I was there to take somebody into the world of someone that they may never have seen other than in two dimensional form of paperwork.
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